Farahani MD, Fadlalla MI, Ezekiel IP, Osman NSE, Moyo T, Claeys M, Friedrich HB. Nb
2O
5 as a radical modulator during oxidative dehydrogenation and as a Lewis acid promoter in CO
2 assisted dehydrogenation of octane over confined 2D engineered NiO–Nb
2O
5–Al
2O
3.
Catal Sci Technol 2021. [DOI:
10.1039/d1cy00550b]
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Abstract
Ordered mesoporous 2D NiO–Nb2O5–Al2O3 nano-composites were used for CO2 assisted dehydrogenation of n-octane; and the close proximity of Ni and Nb2O5 in the optimised catalyst promoted CO2 dissociation and substantially prolonged alkane activation.
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